"After the demise of the Second Red Scare, many of the fears that had fueled it remained poweful in the minds of a few. In 1958 Massachusetts candy-maker Robert Welch founded the John Birch Society, an extremist organization that saw Communist conspiracy almost everywhere (including in the Eisenhower Administration). Fundamentalist preacdher Billy James Hargis and his Christian Crusade, and Australian evanglist Fred Schwartz and the Christian Anti-Communist Crusade were in the same ideological camp. Most Americans, however, paid little attention to the extremists of the right or left. "

"Christian Apostolic Church (Forest, Illinois). Forest, IL [H.Q.]... grew out of unrest within the German Apostolic Christian Church during the 1950s. Elder Peter Schaffer, Sr.,... organized congregations in Forest and Morton, Illinois; Silverton, Oregon; and Sabetha, Kansas in 1955. "

"Christian Apostolic Church (Sabetha, Kansas). Sabetha, KS [H.Q.]... was founded in the early 1960s when members of the German Apostolic Christian Church in Illinois and Kansas withdrew under the leadership of William Edelman. The members were protesting several points of... Membership: Not reported. There are three congregations. "

McKinley, Edward H. Marching to Glory: The History of the Salvation Army in the United States of America, 1880-1980. San Francisco: Harper & Row (1980); pg. 115.

"1913... A.E. Kimball... wrote [about] 'present difficulty we have in connection with so many Armies.'... Chicago produced the Redeemer's Army, the Christian Army, and the Samaritan, Saved, and Volunteer Rescue Armies. These agencies, which used uniforms, flags, and brass bands wherever they could muster them, caused great confusion to the public, who naturally mistook them for The Salvation Army... "

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McKinley, Edward H. Marching to Glory: The History of the Salvation Army in the United States of America, 1880-1980. San Francisco: Harper & Row (1980); pg. 115.

"In December 1913, Brigadier A.E. Kimball... wrote in despair to the national chief secretary, pleading for 'some way out of the present difficulty we have in connection with so many Armies.' There was the Afro-American Army in Philadelphia (an especially disreputable swindle), the Good Samaritan Army in Detroit, and Christian Army in Nashville and Louisville. "

Naisbitt, John & Patricia Aburdene. Megatrends 2000: Ten New Directions for the 1990's. New York: William Morrow and Co. (1990); pg. 292.

"In 1975 the Christian Booksellers Association had fewer than 2,000 members "

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Naisbitt, John & Patricia Aburdene. Megatrends 2000: Ten New Directions for the 1990's. New York: William Morrow and Co. (1990); pg. 292.

"In 1975 the Christian Booksellers Association had fewer than 2,000 members. Today there are 3,000, and the association estimates that another 2,000 religious bokstores are nonmembers. Business is booming: total 1987 sales were nearly $1,5 billion. Average store sales rose from$155,000 in 1980 to $275,000 in 1987. The total market for Christian 'products'--videos, music, gifts, along with books--is nearly $3 billion. "

Wuthnow, Robert. The Restructuring of American Religion: Society and Faith Since World War II, Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press (1988); pg. 109.

"The Christian Business Men's Committee [a special purpose group, NOT a religion or denomination]... was founded in 1930 to encourage business and professional men to become involved in evangelistic activities. With a membership of close to 10,000 currently in 500 local groups... "

"Branches of the church have been established in Michigan City, Indiana; Phoenix, AZ, Russell and Lindenhurst, Illinois [also Zion City, Ill.]... and Toronto, Canada... With six places of worship in the U.S., there is a membership of 2,500. "

"Branches of the church have been established in Michigan City, Indiana; Phoenix, AZ, Russell and Lindenhurst, Illinois [also Zion City, Ill.]... and Toronto, Canada... With six places of worship in the U.S., there is a membership of 2,500. "

"The Christian Catholic Movement (catholic in the sense of universal, a church home for all true Christians) was formally organized prior to 1896 by John Alexander Dowie... Dowie also founded Zion City, Illinois... became headquarters for the new church... Zion City still contains a strong Christian Catholic church... Branches of the church have been established in Michigan City, Indiana; Phoenix, AZ, Russell and Lindenhurst, Illinois... With six places of worship in the U.S., there is a membership of 2,500. "

"Branches of the church have been established in Michigan City, Indiana; Phoenix, AZ, Russell and Lindenhurst, Illinois [also Zion City, Ill.]... and Toronto, Canada... With six places of worship in the U.S., there is a membership of 2,500. "

"Branches of the church have been established in Michigan City, Indiana; Phoenix, AZ, Russell and Lindenhurst, Illinois; Tonelea; Malawi; and Toronto, Canada. Missionary work is conducted in Japan, Australia, Israel, the Philippines, Guyana, and South Africa... "

"Branches of the church have been established in Michigan City, Indiana; Phoenix, AZ, Russell and Lindenhurst, Illinois [also Zion City, Ill.]... and Toronto, Canada... With six places of worship in the U.S., there is a membership of 2,500. "

"The Christian Catholic Movement (catholic in the sense of universal, a church home for all true Christians) was formally organized prior to 1896 by John Alexander Dowie... Dowie also founded Zion City, Illinois... became headquarters for the new church... Zion City still contains a strong Christian Catholic church... Branches of the church have been established in Michigan City, Indiana; Phoenix, AZ, Russell and Lindenhurst, Illinois; Tonelea; Malawi; and Toronto, Canada... With six places of worship in the U.S., there is a membership of 2,500. "

"He [John A. Dowie] called his movement the Christian Catholic Church (it survives as a tiny denomination distinguished among Pentecostals by triune immersion)... He soon claimed 25,000 members for his church, and eventually about 6,000 moved into Zion. "

"The Christian Catholic Movement (catholic in the sense of universal, a church home for all true Christians) was formally organized prior to 1896 by John Alexander Dowie... Branches of the church have been established in Michigan City, Indiana; Phoenix, AZ, Russell and Lindenhurst, Illinois; Tonelea; Malawi; and Toronto, Canada. Missionary work is conducted in Japan, Australia, Israel, the Philippines, Guyana, and South Africa... With six places of worship in the U.S., there is a membership of 2,500. "

Table 1: Canadian Current Statistics. (# of adherents is from table's "inclusive membership " column, not the sometimes smaller "full communicant or confirmed members " col.) Listed in table as "Christian Churches (Disciples of Christ) in Canada. "

"Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)... four pioneers--Barton Ston, Thomas & Alexander Campbell, and Walter Scott... Membership continues to be largest in the lower Midwest and Southwest. There are now 1,086,668 members in 4,195 churches in the U.S.; 37 congregations with 4,209 members in Canada. "

"Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)... four pioneers--Barton Ston, Thomas & Alexander Campbell, and Walter Scott... Membership continues to be largest in the lower Midwest and Southwest. There are now 1,086,668 members in 4,195 churches in the U.S.; 37 congregations with 4,209 members in Canada. "

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